This is a very brief song I wrote on Robinson Crusoe for one of my classes. We have the option during the semester to do a creative response instead of a close-reading paper. I opted to do a creative response in the form of a song. Go me.

I wrote this about Crusoe's connection to the island - about how he originally sees the island as a prisoner, but eventually grows to truly love it and consider it a paradise. (Spoiler alert) When he eventually returns home after being "rescued," he finds out that his business has accumulated vast amounts of wealth while he's been indefinitely displaced. What I found interesting is that, after he learns he is going to live comfortably for the rest of his life, he years to return to his island. I thought that very interesting and cool, as we English majors do, so I wrote about it. :)

Zak Mellgren